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Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses a press conference after the 49th GST Council meeting, in New Delhi, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav)Opinion
DC Edit | Some states deserve special status

In a candid and intrepid declaration, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman left little room for interpretation of...

20 Feb 2023 12:28 AM IST

Sources said that Shiv Sena MPs Sanjay Raut and Anil Desai will now sit in the opposition benches during the Winter Session of Parliament, beginning Monday. (Photo: ANI)Opinion
DC Edit | Sena split has lessons for regional parties

Regional parties, like human cells, tend to divide. Or like corporate firms, undergo mergers, hostile takeovers, or...

20 Feb 2023 12:10 AM IST

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DC Edit | Make organ transplants simpler

Every single step making organ transplants less burdensome and more inclusive is a welcome idea for two reasons. One,...

18 Feb 2023 1:02 AM IST

A protest rally by Kashmiri Pandits. (Photo: PTI/File)Opinion
DC Edit | India owes Valley’s exiled Pandits safe homecoming

No country should be housing a refugee camp for its own citizens. Or have to witness the continued internal exile of a...

18 Feb 2023 12:55 AM IST

Scotlands First Minister and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), Nicola Sturgeon, waves as she leaves from Bute House in Edinburgh on February 15, 2023. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
DC Edit | A blow to Free Scotland?

Nicola Sturgeon may have had her Jacinda Ardern moment in calling it quits on her political career as Scotland’s...

17 Feb 2023 12:10 AM IST

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh speaks at Bandhan and Valedictory Ceremony of Aero India 2023, in Bengaluru, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
DC Edit | 75% domestic purchasing of defence gear laudable target

For far too long, we Indians had felt that, just like for petroleum, we, as a country, would also remain an importer of...

17 Feb 2023 12:05 AM IST

A special flight of Air India AI-1943 lands at Bucharest in Romania for the evacuation of stranded Indians. (ANI)Opinion
DC Edit | With record deal, Maharaja eyes reign over global skies

It is a very rare business deal between two corporations that results in the world’s most powerful man, the...

16 Feb 2023 12:25 AM IST

A police officer is seen at the gate of a building housing BBC office in New Delhi. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)Opinion
DC Edit | BBC ‘survey’: Just bad optics

The “survey” by the income tax department on the offices of the BBC hardly three weeks after the British...

16 Feb 2023 12:15 AM IST

When the first IPL auction was held for eight franchises and players in 2008, a pro league on the T20 format was still an unknown quantity. (Photo: Twitter)Opinion
DC Edit | Women join IPL revolution

Women cricketers are all set to join the cricket revolution. The creation of the Indian Premier League 15 years ago had...

15 Feb 2023 12:15 AM IST

The US markets positive close on Friday and foreign portfolio investors turning net buyers in the last two trading sessions along with some good second quarter results like Maruti Suzukis augur well for the stock market. (DC file image)Opinion
DC Edit | Fix regulatory regime to gain back investor trust

It appears that the Hindenburg report on the Adani Group and the impact that it has had on the Indian stock...

15 Feb 2023 12:10 AM IST

In this photo provided by Chad Fish, the remnants of a large balloon drift above the Atlantic Ocean, just off the coast of South Carolina, with a fighter jet and its contrail seen below it, Feb. 4, 2023. The downing of the suspected Chinese spy balloon by a missile from an F-22 fighter jet created a spectacle over one of the states tourism hubs and drew crowds reacting with a mixture of bewildered gazing, distress and cheering. (Photo: AP)Opinion
DC Edit | Beware of spies in the sky

What’s going on up there is no more a rhetorical question. It appears the world is suddenly looking up to scan the...

14 Feb 2023 12:15 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during the inaugural ceremony of Aero India 2023, in Bengaluru, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. (PTI Photo)Opinion
DC Edit | Modi’s push for tradition with modernity welcome

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was giving a perfect message to the world, the country and its people across all sections,...

14 Feb 2023 12:10 AM IST

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